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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Enoch "Nick" Scull Jr. on 
4being awarded the French Legion of Honor, the highest award

5given by the French government, on October 24, 2019 for his 
6role in liberating France during
World War II; and
 
  
7    WHEREAS, Nick Scull was raised on a farm in the Plano area 
8and graduated from Plano High
School, where he excelled in 
9sports; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Nick Scull entered active service in the United 
11States Armed Forces at Camp Grant
on April 3, 1943; he began 
12serving as a combat engineer with Company B of the 103rd

13Engineer Battalion, 28th Infantry Division; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Nick Scull was deployed to Europe a few months 
15prior to his participation in D-Day
and the invasions of 
16Normandy, northern France, the Ardennes, and the Rhineland 
17between
January 1944 and April 1945; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Nick Scull was captured by the Germans during the 
19Battle of the Bulge in
December 1944 and survived 103 days in 
20German prison camps before being liberated by
General Patton's 
21Army on March 30, 1945; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Nick Scull was discharged from the United States 
2Army on November 1, 1945 at
Fort Sheridan; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, For his service, Nick Scull earned the 
4European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Ribbon with four 
5Bronze Battle Stars, two Overseas Service Bars, the Good 
6Conduct Medal, the
WWII Victory Medal, the American Theater 
7Ribbon, two Purple Hearts, the P.O.W. Medal, and
the 
8Presidential Unit Citation for heroism; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, After returning from the war, Nick Scull lived a 
10happy and successful
life, raising five children with his wife, 
11Patricia, playing a year of minor league baseball with the

12Tampa Bay Smokers, running a barber shop, and working as a 
13foreman at Plano Metal
Specialties Inc.; therefore, be it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
15HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
16we congratulate Enoch "Nick"
Scull Jr. on being awarded the 
17French Legion of Honor and recognize his service to the United 
18States; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
20presented to Nick Scull and American Legion Post 395 in Plano.